United States Catholic Conference

Analysis

United States Catholic Conference is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, United States Catholic Conference reported income of $4.3m and spending of $5.1m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.4m to $4.3m (-1.9%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, United States Catholic Conference sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onelegacy Foundation ($4.3m), Beverlycare ($4.3m) and Brookhaven Ambulance Co Inc ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $109k (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $991k, net assets of $5.7m. It reported 110 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.